The Ultimate Half Baked Harvest Cookbook: 100+ Time-Saving Recipes and 6 Weekly Plans for Healthy Eating

The whole foods diet is a plan to increase the number of whole foods that you eat. But there's a little more to it than that. For six weeks, you'll commit to shopping for, preparing, and consuming a diet that is mostly plant-based and that features whole food ingredients with a few supplemental, lightly processed foods. This approach is intended to guide you to better nourishment by increasing awareness, knowledge, and positive habits. The whole foods diet plan will help you be mindful of how your body responds to food, instead of trying to control it. For example, instead of stressing over strict calorie guidelines, learn to recognize when to feel full and to stop eating naturally.

Diets that restrict or shove habits into a box are difficult to follow and often lead to frustration and abandonment, which is why this plan is very inclusive. The whole foods diet permits supplemental lightly processed foods, and animal products are not off-limits. Whether you need to be gluten-free or wish to eat the Mediterranean, Paleo, or vegan diet, the whole foods diet can be adapted to meet your nutrition and lifestyle needs. The only eliminating you'll do is of overly processed, packaged foods. Everything else is on the menu.

This plan takes you beyond the "rabbit food" that may come to mind when someone mentions plant-forward, whole food eating, and introduces you to a wide range of delicious options. Eating less-processed whole foods can be exciting, fun, colorful, and tasty. As with any new concept or venture, it will take a little work and practice to get the hang of it, but rest assured that the new habits will stick, and this way of eating can be easily integrated into your lifestyle. So what is a whole food? The term refers to any food in its original state. Or as close to it as possible with minimal refining, additives, or processing. Whole, less-processed foods are easy to spot in any grocery store by merely determining how closely the food item resembles the original meal. For example, an apple is a whole food, applesauce is a slightly processed version of apples, and apple toaster pastries are highly processed. Choosing the apple would be the best option. Selecting natural applesauce is an excellent way to get closer to the real thing. Whole food options go well beyond fruits and vegetables. There are complete and less-processed options in every category (grains, produce, nuts, seeds, meat, and fish) of the food group. Buying the most original forms possible will ensure the meals and snacks you create will adhere to this new style of eating and promote positive, healthy outcomes. The goal is to fill your cart, kitchen, and, therefore, plate and body with nutrient-rich, less-processed foods.

Here are the recipes included in this book:

- Appetizers and Starters Recipes

- Breakfast Recipes

- Main Dishes Recipes

- Soups and Stews Recipes

- Side Dishes Recipes

- Snack Recipes

- Salad Recipes

- Dessert Recipes

- 6 Weekly Meal Plan

...And much more

Focusing on the larger goal of positive lifestyle changes will help keep you from getting too caught up in what a whole food is or is not. For example, olive oil is processed from the olive fruit, but as a single-ingredient, nutrient-rich product, it counts as whole food. Honey is another example of a technically processed yet still whole, nutrient-rich diet. This book tells you which foods and ingredients are appropriate for this plan and should be avoided for at least the first six weeks. Buy Now